Reconstruction:Proto-Yeniseian/kʷep

This Proto-Yeniseian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Yeniseian

Alternative reconstructions

*dʲʌˀəpʰə, *ˀʌˀəpʰə (per Werner 2002)
*jə̄pe (per Starostin 1994-2005)^[1]
*ɮɯˀʌpʰʌ (for Pre-Proto-Yeniseian), *ʌˀpʰʌ (for Proto-Yeniseian, per Vajda-Werner 2022)
*u̯ʌp^? (per Cologne group 2023. Pattern unknown)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

*kʷep (plural *kʷep-ja-n)

(botany) leaf, foliage

Descendants

Ketic:
- Imbak Ket: ɛ (Ad.; singular), ö́haŋ (M., W.; plural)
  - Ket: ъъ (ʌ̂ː, ʌ́ʌ̀) (singular), ъъӈ (ʌ́ʌ̀ŋ, ʌ̂ːŋ) (plural)
- Ostyak Yug: ahun (M.)
  - Yug: ъъʼп (ʌ̂ːˀp, ʌ́ʌ̀ˀp) (singular), ъфыӈ (ʌ́fɨŋ) (plural)
    - → Pumpokol: efig (“foliage”) (VW.)
Kottic:
- Assan: jipán, gipan (Kl.)
- Kott: d'ipi (C.; singular), díbaŋ (M., W., Kl.), d'ipaŋ (C.)
  - ⇒ Kott: iban (“money”) (H.)
Arinic:
- Arin: ipóŋ (M., W., Kl.; singular)
  - ⇒ Arin: ipin (“money”) (H.)
Pumpokolic:
- ⇒ Pumpokol: xógon-d-ɨ́pun (W.), chógon-d-ýpun (“shrubbery, foliage”, literally “forest-of-leaves, leaves of the forest”) (M.)
- ⇒ Pumpokol: úppɨŋ (W., VW.), üppüng (“silver”) (M.)

References

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Fries, Simon; Bonmann, Svenja (2023), “The development of Arin kul 'water', Kott ûl, Ket ¹uˑl' Yugh ¹ur and its typological background”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics, volume 5, number 2, page 195 of 183-198
Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*ɮɯˀʌpʰʌ”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), volume 1, Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 491
Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), “*ʌ^ħpʰʌ”, in Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), volume 2, Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 1053
Vajda, Edward (2024), “*kʷep-ja”, in The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: Language Families (The World of Linguistics [WOL]; 10.1)‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 420
Werner, Heinrich (2002), “³ʌː”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 416
Werner, Heinrich (2005), “leaf (money), leaf”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 307

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